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NCAC Weekly Release (2-16-15) - Men's Basketball

Ohio Wesleyan (14-2, 19-4) has clinched at least a share of its
first NCAC men’s basketball championship since the 1987-88
season after posting a pair of wins last week over Wabash, 81-80,
and Allegheny, 80-66. The 2014-15 regular season concludes this
week with five games each on Wednesday and Saturday, led by Wabash
(10-6, 15-8) hosting DePauw (9-7, 16-7) on Wednesday and Allegheny
(7-9, 10-13) traveling to Denison (7-9, 13-10) on Saturday. The
2015 NCAC Men’s Basketball Tournament bracket will be
announced on Saturday following the conclusion of all league
games.

ALLEGHENY suffered a
pair of league losses last week against Oberlin, 79-56, and Ohio
Wesleyan, 80-66. Senior Josh Valentic (Washington, PA/Trinity) led
the Gators with 15 points against the Yeomen, while junior
Evan Schweitzer (Bethel Park, PA/Bethel Park)
finished one rebound shy of his first-career double-double with 11
points and nine rebounds against OWU.

DENISON dropped a pair of
hard-fought contests last week against Kenyon, 66-62, and Wabash,
68-66. Sophomore guard David Meurer (Granville, OH/Newark
Catholic) combined to shoot 54 percent (15-of-28) from the
field on the week after scoring 21 points against Kenyon and a
team-high 24 against Wabash.

DEPAUW split a pair of
conference games last week, dropping a one-point decision against
Wittenberg at home on Wednesday, before collecting a 66-61 road win
at Kenyon on Saturday. Senior center Tommy Fernitz
(Northbrook, IL/Glenbrook North) returned to the rotation
for the Tigers last week and led DPU to Saturday’s victory
over Kenyon with a career-high 25 points off the bench.

HIRAM lost a pair of road
games last week against Wooster, 79-44, and Oberlin, 83-58. In
Saturday’s loss against the Yeomen, the freshmen duo of
Sterling Sanders (Shaker Hts., OH/Beachwood) and
Jantsen Locke (Minerva, OH/Minerva) each posted
career-high scoring efforts with 12 and 10 points,
respectively.

KENYON knocked off
conference-rival Denison, 66-62, on Wednesday in Granville, before
suffering a narrow 66-61 decision against DePauw on Saturday in
Gambier. Senior shooting guard Jonathan Amador
(Woodstock,GA/Woodstock) paced the Lords against the Big
Red by scoring 21 points, which included shooting a blistering
6-of-8 from three-point range.

OBERLIN turned in a pair of
commanding wins last week, defeating Allegheny, 79-56, on
Wednesday, before knocking off Hiram, 83-58, on Saturday. With 10
total victories on the season, the Yeomen have secured their first
double-digit win total in a season since finishing 14-10 in the
1991-92 campaign. Sophomore guard Nathan Cohen (San
Francisco, CA/Urban) poured in a career-high 20 points in
the win over Hiram, while classmate Jack Poyle (Avon,
OH/Avon) led the Yeomen with 13 points against the
Gators.

OHIO WESLEYAN,
ranked 23rd in the most recent D3hoops.com Top 25, clinched at
least a share of its first NCAC men’s basketball championship
since the 1987-88 season after collecting a pair of wins last week
over Wabash, 81-80, and Allegheny, 80-66. Junior post
Claude Gray (Avon, OH/Avon), who sunk a pair of
free throws in the final seconds to clinch the win over Wabash,
finished the week with 47 points (23.5 ppg) and 13 rebounds (6.5
rpg) after shooting 43 percent (15-of-35) from the field, 31
percent (5-of-16) from beyond the arc and 75 percent (12-of-16) at
the free throw line.

WABASH secured a home
game in the quarterfinal round of the 2015 NCAC Men’s
Basketball Tournament after splitting a pair of games last week.
The Little Giants suffered a heartbreaking 81-80 loss at OWU on
Saturday, before clinching the home court advantage with a 68-66
victory over Denison in Crawfordsville on Saturday. Junior
Marcus Kammrath (Union Mills, IN/South Central),
who tipped in a missed shot in the final seconds for the
game-winning bucket against DU, finished the game by posting his
second double-double of the season with 12 points and 14 rebounds.
Kammrath also finished just one rebound shy of a double-double
against OWU with 12 points and nine rebounds.

WITTENBERG held off a late
charge by DePauw on Wednesday to secure a 54-53 road victory,
before falling at home on Saturday to arch-rival Wooster by a 63-59
margin. Freshman Chris Sloneker (Monroe,
OH/Monroe) led Wittenberg with 14 points and seven
rebounds in the win over DPU, while sophomore Cody
Phillippi (Xenia, OH/Xenia) paced the Tigers with 15
points in the four-point loss against Wooster.

WOOSTER, which currently
appears in the “Others Receiving Votes” portion of the
D3hoops.com Top 25, remains alone in second-place in the league
standings following a pair of wins last week against Hiram, 79-44,
and Wittenberg, 63-59. Senior forward Evan Pannell (Akron,
OH/Archbishop Hoban) scored eight points in the decisive
win over Hiram on Wednesday, before leading the Scots with 20
points in the narrow win over Wittenberg. Pannell has now scored 20
or more points in 10 games this season.